The star of the show, shut-’em-out starter Mike Smith, wasn’t sure that he could come up with the right words to describe the scene at the Saddledome. And then he settled on one: “Unbelievable.”Calgary Flames rookie Rasmus Andersson admitted he had goosebumps prior to the opening faceoff. “One game doesn’t make a playoff run,” stressed Smith, done basking in the glow of his 26-save goose-egg. “Yeah, we took care of business in Game 1,” said Flames centre Derek Ryan. “It got louder and louder as the game went (Thursday),” said defenceman Travis Hamonic.

Source: National Post April 13, 2019 01:18 UTC